52 Great Art Projects for Kids (52 Decks)

Customer Reviews:

Disappointment.......2002-07-25

I should have read the reviews before ordering what I expected to be a book and turned out to be a deck of cards. Out of the 52 projects, we will probably only do 4-6. Won't make the same mistake twice!

Fun Fun.......2000-11-12

These cards are packed with projects that are easy and fun. I let my daughter pick one a week and we make it together. She plays with it all week till it is time to do another. They are also great for my nieces who spend the summer with me to keep them from getting bored.

Wonderful.......2000-01-16

I am a camp counselor in the summer and found the 52 art projects wonderful for the position. The kids loved many of the projects included.

Not Really A Book.......1999-12-24

First of all this is not a book. It's a deck of cards with a different project on each card. While there are some good projects the basic format is disappointing and the small print on the cards makes it difficult to work with.

52 great art projects for kids / by Lynn Gordon

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52 great art projects for kids / by Lynn Gordon
Lynn Gordon
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
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Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B0006QQAA2

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Emotion and cognition in visual art education (Research bulletin / Institute of Education, University of Helsinki)
Inkeri Sava
Manufacturer: Institute of Education, University of Helsinki
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 9514522486

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perfect for people that like the comic book guy.......2007-01-10

does he have a real name?

Be humbled by his greatness.......2006-03-04

This bloke who runs a small shop in this town of Springfield is a fascinating fellow. His insights to the workings of the modern world are fascinating. We should all aspire to be more like him. This chapbook of his philosophies is required reading for self-improvement.

I worry that he may devote too much of his attentions to TV, but I fear that without something he derives from it he would not be quite the Master that he is.

...BEST CBG book ever!.......2006-01-04

CBG has always been one of my faves and this book does NOT let the hardcore viewer down. Rarely seen footage of CBG in the past and some of his more ridiculously funny Tshirts are scattered throughout the book. A must have for any Simps fan - especially on one of the funniest, yet rarely seen "actors".

Very well done book in perspective of one of the most underrated characters.......2005-12-28

This entry into the Simpsons Library of Wisdom, COMIC BOOKS GUY'S BOOK OF POP CULTURE, is an excellent book for any serious fan of the show. Comic Book Guy, the nameless owner of the Android's Dungeon and Baseball Card Shop, has made many appearances throughout the series' history, but is one character that less frequent viewers tend to forget. He is one of the best on the show, however, and his sarcasm and wits make him very entertaining whenever he comes up in an episode.

For a surprisingly low price of $10, you get a hardcover, very well done book that measures about 7" x 6" and roughly 100 pages thick. That may not sound like very much, but it is very high quality work and the layout of illustration and text is quite appropriate. This is a book similar to Bart Simpson's Guide to Life, but instead of discussing all aspects of life, it's on a smaller scale and more focused on a particular character's views and opinions. Therefore, this is not a book that is in any particular order. It consists entirely of CBG's views and opinions on all things nerdy. Some choice pages include: The 12 Types of Fantasy Gamers, CBG's Guide to the Internet, The Amazing World of Collectible Food, Romance [Where No Fanboy Has Gone Before!], and reoccuring/variant pages of CBG's t-shirts for particular situations and CBG's Places To Be (with descriptions of every landmark.)

Overall, this book is fantastic. It's not so long that it becomes tedious yet it's very intriguing and the dimensions make it smaller than your average book and durable enough for travel. The price can't be beat and the quality is just superb. I'd recommend this book to any serious Simpsons fan, or maybe just one who is a bit geeky or sarcastic. Very good read!

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Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture

Manufacturer: HARPER COLLINS 0 PUB
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GW7BI6

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COMIC BOOK GUY'S BOOK OF POP CULTURE
MATT GROENING
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEY7VK

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COMIC BOOK GUY'S BOOK OF POP CULTURE
MATT GROENING
Manufacturer: HARPER COLLINS TRADE DIVISION
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KUE1SM

Book Description

"Finally, a book about the Black American Princess! If you're already a BAP or just want to act like one, this book is for you!"
— E. Lynn Harris, author of Not a Day Goes By

In the bestselling tradition of The Official Preppy Handbook, here is a must-have manual for the BAP and those who love her.

Black American Princess: 1 : a pampered female of African American descent, born to an upper-middle or upper-class family 2 : an African American female whose life experiences give her a sense of royalty and entitlement 3 : BAP (acronym) : colloquial expression 4 : an African American female accustomed to the best and nothing less.

Drawn from hours of interviews, archival research, and frequent visits to Prada, The Black American Princess Handbook offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at this exclusive lifestyle. Your total guide to BAP speak, BAP style, and BAP history, this one-of-a-kind book explains everything you ever wanted know about living the BAP life–from breaking in a shop-a-phobic dad to planning a magical BAP debutante ball.

In addition, you'll learn why a true BAP cleans her house before the housekeeper arrives, what to do if your Baby BAP wants to play sports, and whether it's OK for a relative to sing "I Believe I Can Fly" at a BAP wedding. Also featuring spot-the-BAP checklists, suggestions for top BAP colleges, a Who's Who of famous BAPs, a glossary (including essential French phrases), actual diary entries and e-mails from BAPS of all ages, and crucial chapters such as "It's High Noon-Do You Know Where Your Groove Is?"

The Black American Princess Handbook is destined to become a coveted treasure for BAPs worldwide. And, published just in time for graduation, it's sure to be at the top of every BAP's shopping list.

Customer Reviews:

Loved it!.......2007-09-11

I bought this book on a whim, just to see what all the hoopla was about. This book is not to be taken seriously, its a nice light read. However, if you are the type to be easily influenced by books, then this may sway you in the wrong direction! This book does have undertones of elitist and classist views, but hey I think its better than any book out there portraying Blacks in a negative light. I loved the BAP quizzes! I am a proud BAP and loving it!

Bap-alicious!!.......2007-01-17

Before I purchased this book, I read the mostly negative reviews on [...]. I anticipated a good offensive read but alas, that is not what I recieved. I took it as a satirical read. Nothing at all to be taken serious. For those that do and that are offended take a chill pill and relax. It was fun and outrageous and you can't help but think to yourself 'I wonder what Bap category my friends and I fall into'. The book is very classist so if that is a pet peeve, you probably don't want to pick this up. Other than, for what the book is, I say ENJOY!!

Not worth your money.......2006-05-21

I wanted to read this book because I was reading mixed reviews and I wanted to see for myself how I would rate it. I am very glad that checked it out from the library because I could not have imaged paying for this book.

I rated this book one star because of the constant stereotyping and bashing of the "bogus" and other women who may not have lived such privileged lives. Being a "Princess" means that you do not put others down for their family's up-bringing, speech patterns, they way someone dresses. However, being a "Princess" does mean being compassionate to others, encouraging others to better themselves through positive methods, not psychologically manipulating someone to get what they want, and being very grateful for the opportunities that they are being blessed with.

There are quite a lot of superficial elements in this book and it seems to also support the stereotype that African-American women are materialistic because they make a point mentioning several name brands and things you must have.

There were also quite a few typos in the book which other reviews have noted. I feel very sorry for the writers because instead of writing about the positive things about their lives and encouraging others to live a more "continuous learning lifestyle" they decided to write a horrible book that continues to put a divide between African-American women by showing that if you can not vacation in Martha's Vineyard then you will never be worthy of a high powered husband.

In conclusion I was wondering, why this book did not focus on establishing good money habits for the four "BAPs" featured? If you want to read a really great book on being a woman why not read "The Art and Power of Being a Lady" by Noelle Cleary and Dini Von Mueffling.

Anyone Can Be a BAP.......2006-01-19

This was an excellent and delightful read. Being a butterfly BAP, I was offended at how they portrayed her as a bride, but other than that, I found the book to a wonderful guide to the wonderful life of a BAP. It was fun and easy to read. Although materialism was a factor in this book, an emphasis is placed on being tasteful and classy. You can even be a BAP on a budget, where the book gives approval to wearing faux pearls and faux fur. But all in all, if you see yourself as princess, strive to achieve great things in life, and put quality over quantity, then you too can be a BAP, but only if you want to.

Hilarious, true and I am glad this book was written.......2005-03-25

This book is hilarious and it perfectly encapsualtes what it means to be a BAP in America. During my BAP upbringing, I was mocked by both black and white classmates. The black students were ten times meaner to me. Each time I walked by they chanted: white girl and they repeatedly told me how unattractive I was.

If reading this book upsets you then you obviously need to get a life. Books like this one are supposed to be fun and lighthearted. This one definitely is.

Most forms of media and entertainment portray the negative shoot 'em up/pregnant teenager/cracked out african american. Other forms show black people shucking and jiving like minstrels. It's fantastic that these women took the time to write about the modern day black woman. Whether you fit into one of the categories or not, doesn't matter. The book shows that there is more to the black woman than the stereotype of a loud, gum popping, neck rolling hoochie named Bonquita. It highlights women with class. I loved it!

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Get inside the mind of Ardman!

The best is here!

Chickens on the loose for freedom

Liked the movie? Did it make it you go "wow? Get this book.

A Wonderfully Whimsical Book

Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie
Brian Sibley
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

Chicken Run is the first feature film from Aardman Animation, the British 3-D animation studio that created the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit short films. In this spirited comedy, to be released in the U.S. by DreamWorks in June 2000, a band of intrepid chickens led by an American rooster (the voice of Mel Gibson) and an English hen (Julia Sawalha of Absolutely Fabulous) bust out of their coop to avoid becoming chicken potpies-and prove that some chickens are anything but.

Here's the complete story of the making of this epic adventure. The book takes readers inside England's magical Aardman animation studio, where animators make movies (at a rate of four seconds per day) out of bits of clay, metal, paper, and wood. Based on extensive interviews with acclaimed directors Nick Park and Peter Lord and their gifted team of stop-action animation artists, and reproducing a wealth of visual material, the book is the next best thing to spending every day for three years building and playing with model chickens!

250 illustrations in full color, 9 7/8 x 9 1/4"

BRIAN SIBLEY, a well-known British author and radio personality, is coauthor, with Peter Lord, of Abrams' popular Creating 3-D Animation. An expert on animation, illustration, and fantasy literature, his many books include Shadowlands: The Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman, The Land of Narnia, and The Map of Tolkien's Middle Earth. He lives in London.

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Get inside the mind of Ardman!.......2000-08-29

This is the most delightful book about the making of a movie I have ever read! The text is full of funny stories and interesting details about the process that went into hatching this chick flick!Being a published cartoonist myself, I found reading about the process the Ardman folks went through to be fascinating.Also good were the photos showing the different animators at work making the models of chickens and other assorted poultry items.This is a must for any fan of Ardman! Viva Wallace and Grommet! Viva Rocky the Rhode Island Red and his favorite chick, Ginger!You will not regret buying this book! Myke Feinman, publisher and cartoonist for Ink and Feathers Comics

The best is here!.......2000-07-20

What Else can be said. The book is awesome, you get to see not only the clay puppets but parts of the scenery, stroyboards, concept boards. I havent seen the movie yet, but cant wait to do so. For my students it has been a very interesting approach to Claynimation, now I just have to find the Wallace and Groomit videos to add it to my library.

Chickens on the loose for freedom.......2000-07-11

If you haven't seen Chicken Run you should go see it. It is a family movie in which their are chickens who try to escape from the farm where the live. They try to learn to fly, but they keep failing. If they don't escape soon they will become chicken pie. Can they learn how to fly or find a way to escape soon enough, or will they become chicken pie? Watch the movie and find out.

Liked the movie? Did it make it you go "wow? Get this book........2000-06-30

I have been a huge fan of Aardman Animations for a long time now. I was amazed with "Creature Comforts" and soon enough I was obsessed with the award winning Wallace and Gromit episodes. I was quite happy to learn that Aardman, who never fails to amaze me, were doing a full length movie. This movie, the first of several with Dreamworks SKG was Chicken Run, which was a brilliant film and makes you wonder how they did it all.

This is where this book comes in. "Chicken Run: Hatching The Movie" only makes you appreciate the film even more. It really took a lot to make this movie, in fact, it takes a lot to make any stop motion movie. It becomes very tedious, everything has to be perfect. You make a little movement in a model, shoot the frame, stop, move it a little again, shoot frame, stop, etc.

Chicken Run is crammed with so many details, and this book shows you how every single inch, every single color and speck matters. It is filled with the history of making the movie, plus a ton and ton of behind the scenes pictures and info. Also included are many storyboards, just to give you a sense of how much it takes to create something so good and lifelike.

Disney, whenever they have a big movie, puts out a making of book. This book clearly rivals any "Making of big summer animated Disney book". This book is a must for any film lover or animation fan's library. Sit in your favorite chair, open the book and be amazed at the wonderful world of Aardman Animations.

A Wonderfully Whimsical Book.......2000-06-20

Anyone who has the slightest interest in knowing how an animated movie is created will love "Chicken Run - Hatching the Movie." by Brian Sibley. Even the design of the book is whimsical in style and lush with color illustrations from the new movie as well as from other films from this animation house.

A lighthearted introduction written by Mel Gibson (who is the voice for Rocky in the movie) sets the overall tone for the book. In this overview there is a brief history of the animation process with some really slick photos of the British Aardman Studios that both Nick Parks and Peter Lord, the directors of "Chicken Run," help to put on the map with several Academy Award nominations for their past films.

Animation and story development is not just fun and games as one might think but envelops serious thinking and work. The book is sprinkled throughout with wonderful idea sketches, watercolor paintings, storyboards and outlines showing how script and plot ideas for "Chicken Run" were developed.

A wonderful chapter on the actual making of the physical characters gives an inside look into the art studio itself where molds, paint, and artists bring these figures made of a clay-like substance called plasticine into existence. In a chapter called "Making the Right Moves" Sibley details the various problems that animators had during production. Trying to give the human characteristics of anger, hate, love, fear, and happiness in front of the camera is a major feat in itself. The difficult task of lighting a scene along with making the miniscule movement of each figure to create the animated move almost sounds like torture. And when one realizes that the largest film shoot in one work way was a mere 26 seconds you wonder if it is. The animators say their work normally floats along on inspiration but at other times when they are tired, getting the job done becomes a matter of will. They are so involved with their work that it is only when the camera isn't running that they realize that they are only working with a lump of plasticine.

This book is definitely written for the connoisseur of animated films and filmmaking but children could also enjoy the "fun" illustrations from the movie, which are a large part of this publication.

The seriousness of this studio's filmmaking makes for some very interesting reading. A quote by one of the directors, Peter Lord, not only sums up the animation process but could be the kernel theme of this book. "We make films and by the way, they happen to be animated."

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High reliability organizations (HROs) such as ER units in hospitals or firefighting units are designed to perform efficiently under extreme stress and pressure. Using HROs as the model for the 21st century organization, Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe show readers how to respond to unexpected challenges with flexibility rather than rigidity and to reduce the disruptive effects of change by using tools such as sensemaking, stress reduction, migrating decisions, and labeling. Introducing the powerful new concept of "mindfulness," the authors outline five qualities of the mindful organization and the organizational skills needed to achieve them. Each concept is clearly expressed in vivid case studies of organizations that demonstrate mindful practices in action.

A Book in the University of Michigan Business School Series

Voted Best HR Book of 2001 by HR.com

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Unexpectedly a good read.......2007-01-18

I was please with the writing of this book. Not only is it a good easy read, but Weick presents the material in an intersting fashion. SO far, it has been most helpful in understanding the components of managing a situation that is completely unexpected.

A must read.......2007-01-05

Like lots of business books, this one is a bit repetitive -- it feels a little bit like an HBR article expanded into a book. That said, it's discussion of high reliability organizations is invaluable -- not from an academic or theoretical perspective, but for its practical utility.

There are elements of high-reliability organizations, like sensitivity to operations and reliance on expertise that would help any organization -- i.e., you don't have to be on an aircraft carrier or in an emergency room to take lessons from this book and apply them to your organization to increase performance.

Plus it provides an end to a continuum that starts with organizations with purely repetitive operations and continues to high reliability organizations -- allowing you to evaluate where your organization fits on this new continuum, and therefore what level of applicability these practices have to you.

Commitment To Resilience; Deference To Expertise.......2006-03-26

Karl Weick and Kathleen Sutcliffe have written an eloquent and practical guide to reliability and safety that emphasizes the managerial point of view, but is also equally helpful to researchers or safety professionals. Perhaps the greatest thing the authors are able to accomplish in this book is in emphasizing the conscious mindfulness required in critical situations, and in distinguishing in observable and real-world ways the specific components of mindfulness as seen in safety-conscious High Reliability Organizations (HROs).

The authors distill the essence of reliability (and safety) into five essential qualities: preoccupation with failure, reluctance to simplify, sensitivity to operations, commitment to resilience, and deference to expertise. As a long time safety professional (with experience largely in the aviation and chemical processing industries) I couldn't agree more with the authors after reading the text associated with these five qualities. I have found that especially in larger organizations that deference to expertise is perhaps the most difficult of the five traits to be accepted in the workplace, as generally rank or seniority tend to be deferred to, particularly in a crisis. The airline industry has come a long way with the different iterations of Crew Resource Management (CRM), and of all (often unstated) the reasons that CRM has succeeded I think that deference to expertise is the single most important.

I like the concept of realistic audits the authors promote, and particularly enjoyed the insight regarding the vulnerability of Singapore to Japanese attack as it came to be understood by Winston Churchill, who had a penchant for realistic self-appraisal, to wit: "I ought to have known. My advisors ought to have known and I ought to have been told, and I ought to have asked." The point is that we frequently believe what we want to believe, not because we are intellectually dishonest, but because of the human tendency to seek out information that confirms our views, and not to seek out disconfirming information. A mark of a truly reliable and safe organization (examples include airline operations, nuclear power plants, aircraft carriers, etc.) is seeking out information which points toward problem areas, rather than viewing successes as being demonstrative of the quality of institutional planning and procedures. The example concerning the Moura mine disaster on p.135 makes the point quite eloquently: "HROs assume that the system is endangered until there is conclusive proof that it is not." There could be no better single- sentence summary of the book.

There are many more interesting observations in the book, the most enlightening of which can be found in chapter five. I particularly enjoyed the discussion of a "learning culture" beginning on p. 136, and find that one of their most salient observations is also one of mine from years of industry experience, that being the concept of "learned helplessness." When people attempt to bring safety issues to the fore but are quickly dismissed, they learn to keep to themselves. This is a major problem, especially in large organizations, and the advice proffered by the authors is both sound and cogent. I was absolutely delighted to see the long-overdue examination (p.140) of "de minimus error" in which context is examined as it relates to seemingly unconnected small events. In this situation, people frequently seek out separate, small reasons for each deviation, ignoring the accumulating evidence that there is actually one large problem responsible for all the disparate events. Though the authors did not note it as an example, people familiar with the Apollo 13 accident will no doubt realize how the controllers had to fight off this kind of error willfully. (I think that Apollo-era NASA was an excellent example of an HRO.)

There are many more issues that Weick and Sutcliffe bring to the forefront in this book, from intelligent rule-making, to flexibility of response. My advice to any manager or safety professional is to put this book at the top of your reading list. It is easy to read, easy to digest, comprehensive in scope, yet universally applicable across industries. Even if you are not involved in an industry like nuclear power or aviation where large issues of life and death are literally in your domain, this is still mandatory reading. Any business can learn for the examples cited (which range from a merger-induced railroad meltdown at the "bad" end of the reliability scale, to nuclear-powered aircraft carrier operations at the "good" end of the reliability scale.)

I highly recommend this book to managers, safety professionals, researchers, and anyone else interested in becoming more informed about reliability and organizational safety.

Cal State Hayward Student.......2006-03-21

Good Book - easy read - thorough case studies of Union Pacific merger with Southern Pacific (and how UP botched the job because they didn't plan for the unexpted). Other analogies used: operations on an aircraft carrier, operations in a (nuclear) power plant.
Used as a textbook for a class - no free-reading here. Book was adequate.

A solid introductory text.......2006-01-07

Drs Weick and Sutcliffe provide a very readable presentation of a complex subject. Geared towards the business audience (but also a good introduction for researchers), it provides a clear outline of the underlying issues in managing complex organizations as well as concrete methods for transforming your organization into one capable of dealing with uncertainty.

High reliability-the road not taken. .(Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity) (book review): An article from: The Public Manager

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High reliability-the road not taken. .(Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity) (book review): An article from: The Public Manager
A.C. Hyde
Manufacturer: Bureaucrat, Inc.
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from The Public Manager, published by Bureaucrat, Inc. on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 708 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: High reliability-the road not taken. .(Managing the Unexpected: Assuring High Performance in an Age of Complexity) (book review)
Author: A.C. Hyde
Publication: The Public Manager (Refereed)
Date: June 22, 2002
Publisher: Bureaucrat, Inc.
Volume: 31 Issue: 2 Page: 61(1)

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